I rarely answer such questions, but I felt compelled to do so this time because I am not only driving the car for my viewers, but also for a friend who booked a car immediately based on my word. However, the responsibility remains the same: driving and reviewing it, so let’s get started.

Tata Tiago is not a new car for us; it was launched in 2016 and was an instant success for Tata Motors; it was launched with diesel and petrol variants, and even a performance-oriented model, known as the Tiago JTP, followed. We thoroughly reviewed and drove these models, and all of the videos are available on Vandipranthan, so for the time being, we should concentrate on the new Tiago, The Tiago Ev.

Because the design is familiar, I’ll begin with the changes made in this EV version of Tiago. You can tell this is a battery electric car by its appearance, as it has some signature elements from Tata Motors’ other EV counterparts. There is a teal blue line under the fake grill and tri-arrows all over from the grill to the air dam and so on. There is a .ev badge at the fenders, and a small glossy black insert on the door handles. The wheels are steel and 14 inches is the size. There is a beautiful wheel cover on the steel wheel and anyways there is no point to prise a steel wheel, that should have been an alloy for the top model at least.

At the rear, there is a spoiler as in the Normal Tiago, and the rear wiper and defogger are also present along with a big badge Tiago.ev and there is nothing more to talk about except the spare wheel was replaced by a puncture kit since the battery pack eaten the space in the boot. Even though the boot space is adequate and it’s 240 liters now.

Apart from the teal blue elements and the leatherette white seats, everything else is more or less the same as the petrol counterpart, The instrument cluster s different though, there is a battery indicator and the regen meter with iTPMS and a digital meter. There is a mobile app also, Zconnect and there are several features added. driving score remote air conditioner switch on etc are a few.

There are two models with different states of electric motors. and the models are differentiated with range options, MR and LR. MR stands for medium range and LR stands for long range. 315 Kilometers from a full charge is the claimed range for the LR model and the LR model is having a 55KW motor and 24KWH battery pack and talking the MR model is having a 45KW motor and 19.2KWH battery pack with 250 kilometers claimed range.

Driving the Tiago EV is enjoyable; according to Tata Motors, it can reach 60 km/h in 5.7 seconds in sport mode; we tested this and it appears to be true, even though reaching 100 takes a good 15+ seconds.

The ride quality was good; the Tata Tiago EV has a plush ride and good handling. The steering is light on parking speeds and confident at high speeds, which are limited to 120 kilometers per hour. The rear seats are designed for two people, so the car can only seat four people and occasionally five, which is a tight fit.

Considering all of this, as well as my day-long driving experience, the Tiago EV appears promising for the Indian market. An entry-level hatchback, in my opinion, is the best place to start with an EV for anyone looking to try something new. Tata hit the nail on the head with the Tiago, which costs 8.4 lakh ex-showroom for the base variant medium range model. If you are in the market for a car and your budget is limited, I would recommend testing the Tiago EV; it will be worthwhile.

Watch the review video for more details.